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This fun paperback boxed set includes the first three books in the beloved, bestselling middle-grade My Life series by Janet Tashjian.The irrepressible yet lovable Derek Fallon can't seem to sidestep

What are genes? What do genes do? These questions are not simple and straightforward to answer; at the same time, simplistic answers are quite prevalent and are taken for granted. This book aims to explain the origin of the gene concept, its various meanings both within and outside science, as well as to debunk the intuitive view of the existence of 'genes for' characteristics and disease. Drawing on contemporary research in genetics and genomics, as well as on ideas from history of science, philosophy of science, psychology and science education, it explains what genes are and what they can and cannot do. By presenting complex concepts and research in a comprehensible and rigorous manner, it examines the potential impact of research in genetics and genomics and how important genes actually are for our lives. Understanding Genes is an accessible and engaging introduction to genes for any interested reader.

What are genes? What do genes do? These questions are not simple and straightforward to answer; at the same time, simplistic answers are quite prevalent and are taken for granted. This book aims to explain the origin of the gene concept, its various meanings both within and outside science, as well as to debunk the intuitive view of the existence of 'genes for' characteristics and disease. Drawing on contemporary research in genetics and genomics, as well as on ideas from history of science, philosophy of science, psychology and science education, it explains what genes are and what they can and cannot do. By presenting complex concepts and research in a comprehensible and rigorous manner, it examines the potential impact of research in genetics and genomics and how important genes actually are for our lives. Understanding Genes is an accessible and engaging introduction to genes for any interested reader.

My Life as a Meme is Book 8 of the much-loved My Life series from author Janet Tashjian and illustrator Jake Tashjian.Derek Fallon loves making funny memes, but when he finds himself the joke of a vir

Book 7 of the much-loved, middle-grade My Life series that has the irrepressible Derek Fallon starting his own Youtube web series!Derek Fallon finally found something to get excited about at school―an

Why do the debates about evolution persist, despite the plentiful evidence for it? Breaking down the notion that public resistance to evolution is strictly due to its perceived conflict with religion, this concise book shows that evolution is in fact a counterintuitive idea that is difficult to understand. Kostas Kampourakis, an experienced science educator, takes an insightful, interdisciplinary approach, providing an introduction to evolutionary theory written with clarity and thoughtful reasoning. Topics discussed include evolution in the public sphere, evolution and religion, the conceptual obstacles to understanding evolution, the development of Darwin's theory, the most important evolutionary concepts, as well as evolution and the nature of science. Understanding Evolution presents evolutionary theory with a lucidity and vision that readers will quickly appreciate, and is intended for anyone wanting an accessible and concise guide to evolution.

Why do the debates about evolution persist, despite the plentiful evidence for it? Breaking down the notion that public resistance to evolution is strictly due to its perceived conflict with religion, this concise book shows that evolution is in fact a counterintuitive idea that is difficult to understand. Kostas Kampourakis, an experienced science educator, takes an insightful, interdisciplinary approach, providing an introduction to evolutionary theory written with clarity and thoughtful reasoning. Topics discussed include evolution in the public sphere, evolution and religion, the conceptual obstacles to understanding evolution, the development of Darwin's theory, the most important evolutionary concepts, as well as evolution and the nature of science. Understanding Evolution presents evolutionary theory with a lucidity and vision that readers will quickly appreciate, and is intended for anyone wanting an accessible and concise guide to evolution.

Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build-up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single-celled organisms? In this concise, engaging volume, Alessandro Minelli, a leading developmental biologist, addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes, awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life.

Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build-up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single-celled organisms? In this concise, engaging volume, Alessandro Minelli, a leading developmental biologist, addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes, awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life.

Singing master Durham Hills created The Cashaway Psalmody to give as a wedding present in 1770. A collection of tenor melody parts for 152 tunes and sixty-three texts, the Psalmody is the only survivi

Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolution of a bigger beak in a bird? Wouldn't it be much more interesting to understand how beaks originated? Most people would agree, but until recently we didn't know much about such origins. That is now changing, with the growth of the interdisciplinary field evo-devo, which deals with the relationship between how embryos develop in the short term and how they (and the adults they grow into) evolve in the long term. One of the key questions is: can the origins of structures such as beaks, eyes, and shells be explained within a Darwinian framework? The answer seems to be yes, but only by expanding that framework. This book discusses the required expansion, and the current state of play regarding our understanding of evolutionary and developmental origins.

Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolution of a bigger beak in a bird? Wouldn't it be much more interesting to understand how beaks originated? Most people would agree, but until recently we didn't know much about such origins. That is now changing, with the growth of the interdisciplinary field evo-devo, which deals with the relationship between how embryos develop in the short term and how they (and the adults they grow into) evolve in the long term. One of the key questions is: can the origins of structures such as beaks, eyes, and shells be explained within a Darwinian framework? The answer seems to be yes, but only by expanding that framework. This book discusses the required expansion, and the current state of play regarding our understanding of evolutionary and developmental origins.

Alexander III's 1179 Lateran Council, was, for medieval contemporaries, the first of the great papal councils of the central Middle Ages. Gathered to demonstrate the renewed unity of the Latin Church, it brought together hundreds of bishops and other ecclesiastical dignitaries to discuss and debate the laws and problems that faced that church. In this evaluation of the 1179 conciliar decrees, Danica Summerlin demonstrates how these decrees, often characterised as widespread and effective ecclesiastical legislation, emerged from local disputes which were then subjected to a period of sifting and gradual integration into the local and scholarly consciousness, in exactly the same way as other contemporary legal texts. Rather than papal mandates that were automatically observed as a result of their inherent papal authority, therefore, Summerlin reveals how conciliar decrees should be viewed as representative of contemporary discussions between the papacy, their representatives and local bi

Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of the radical changes in contemporary urban systems within a broad global perspective. Featuring contributions from re

Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of the radical changes in contemporary urban systems within a broad global perspective. Featuring contributions from re

Shortlisted for the Lollies 2023.A colourful and comical tour through history from cartoonists Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley. The hilarious minds behind A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You have teamed up once again – this time to give a taste of the daily lives of the people, animals and objects who made history. Featuring a day in the life of early humans as they paint mammoths on the walls of a cave, a fierce gladiator battling in the Colosseum and the first woman in space.And not forgetting the animals of history – from an Egyptian cat (worshipped as a god, of course) to an albatross flying over Rapa Nui and a dog in the trenches of the First World War. Readers can also discover the stories behind famous constructions, including the Great Wall of China and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, and delve into the secret diaries of a Viking, Isaac Newton’s cat and the wooden panel that became the Mona Lisa. With over 90 entries told in the friendly, informative style of Mike Barfield an

The three counties of England's northern borderlands have long had a reputation as an exceptional and peripheral region within the medieval kingdom, preoccupied with local turbulence as a result of the proximity of a hostile frontier with Scotland. Yet, in the fifteenth century, open war was an infrequent occurrence in a region which is much better understood by historians of fourteenth-century Anglo-Scottish conflict, or of Tudor responses to the so-called 'border reivers'. This first book-length study of England's far north in the fifteenth century addresses conflict, kinship, lordship, law, justice, and governance in this dynamic region. It traces the norms and behaviours by which local society sought to manage conflict, arguing that common law and march law were only parts of a mixed framework which included aspects of 'feud' as it is understood in a wider European context. Addressing the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland together, Jackson W. Armstrong transcen

Drawing on a range of evidence related to royal authority, political events and literate culture, this study traces how kings and emperors involved themselves in the affairs of the Spanish March, and examines how actively people in Catalonia participated in politics centred on the royal court. Rather than setting the political development of the region in terms of Catalonia's future independence as a medieval principality, Cullen J. Chandler addresses it as part of the Carolingian 'experiment'. In doing so, he incorporates an analysis of political events alongside an examination of such cultural issues as the spread of the Rule of Benedict, the Adoptionist controversy, and the educational programme of the Carolingian reforms. This new history of the region offers a robust and absorbing analysis of the nature of the Carolingian legacy in the March, while also revising traditional interpretations of ethnic motivations for political acts and earlier attempts to pinpoint the constitutional

Philosophy and theology have long harboured contradictory views on spiritual practice. While philosophy advocates the therapeutic benefits of daily meditation, the theology of grace promotes an ideal

日常生活的加速伴隨著數據提取的陰暗面，隱私權、政治、治理……都是數位生活會遭遇的問題，但同時也是實現變革的通道。透過個人及集體的慢運算行動，拿回數據主權與時間主權，實踐更均衡的數位社會。數位科技讓我們的生活變得更簡單、更快速，很大程度上，確實改變我們的工作、消費、交流、旅行和娛樂等日常，但同時加速和分散我們的生活，影響著眾人的幸福，且將關於我們的隱私、資料和大數據暴露於外，甚至成為有心人士的獲利工具，而這些容易被獲取和分析的資料往往定義著我們的人生機遇。COVID-19大封鎖似乎為人們提供實踐「慢運算」的新機會，那麼，我們是否可以透過維護個人和集體自治的方式來體驗數位運算的樂趣和益處？基於「慢生活」、「慢運動」和「慢哲學」提倡將生活各方面的步伐調慢，謝絕一個只為求快而加速、為應急而權宜的人生理念，本書提出「慢運算」的創新觀念，透過個人和集體的慢運算行動，拿回數據主權與時間主權，對抗數位化生活下對人類的不利影響，實踐更均衡的數位社會。

「本書絕妙濃縮了過去50多年來，我們基於對大腦和心智的瞭解所提供的最佳建議。」 ──彼得．方納基教授（Peter Fonagy, OBE） 美國Amazon 4.6顆星讀者評價 該如何教育，鼓勵、激勵、期待，才會帶來正向循環？三位頂尖心理學家由科學角度解讀青少年的大腦運作與反應方式，並提出應如何鼓勵與和他們良性溝通。告訴你正確的互動方式，給家長真正的知識 美國教育各界熱烈好評中 本書由三位頂尖心理學家所撰寫，作者群援引最新研究結果，提供能引起共鳴的清楚策略，讓我們瞭解可以如何協助青少年，使其得以成長發展。她們尤其指出青少年歲月是一段充滿不可思議機會的時期，堅實關係與積極溝通則會成為穩固基礎，讓大人能夠藉此協助青少年發展、學習、成長。這本指南手冊強調心理健康、學習差異、成長型思維的重要性，各章都包含了具體行動、對青少年可以說或不能說的範例。內容淺顯易懂，將帶你一一探討青少年大腦的運作方式，對想協助年輕人的任何人來說，本書是必讀之作。 本書五大部分： 1. 介紹青少年大腦：年輕人天生就準備好要從周遭環境進行高效學習，準備迎接獨立，本書將深入淺出探討大腦思考、學習、感覺的方式，以及青少年時時刻刻、日復一日是如何學習。 2. 掌握青少年大腦的重塑期：青少年大腦天生就準備好要學習各種事物，包括情緒調節，這可是個人健康當中極為重要的一環。善用青少年這段易受影響的時期會是一輩子的投資，效益將持續整個成年期。 3. 同儕團體對年輕人有何影響：對社交融入和同儕認同的極力關注，是整個青少年期的內在激勵因素。同儕的看法是青少年至關重要的參考標準，這樣的社交互動可能會帶來成果豐碩的交流結果；同儕的觀點當然也可能會造成更負面的影響。 4. 如何照顧正在發育的青少年大腦：包括協助青少年培養自我照護的習慣。本書探究健康睡眠型態的基本知識、何謂良性壓力的經驗、科技的使用與濫用。這些領域都涉及了青少年大腦以影響特別深遠的方式與文化互動，以及青少年和負責照護他們的成年人之間常見的衝突來源。 5. 探討成人與青少年的互動：身為大人的你，在年輕人生活中所扮演的核心角色。本書也探究至關重要的議題，就是你要如何與年輕人建立並維持關係！ 「我一直在找有沒有書能站在教養和教導的角度，解讀最新的科學研究，這本書完全辦到了。」 ──莎拉－潔恩．布雷克摩爾（Sarah-Jayne Blakemore） 「家家戶

歷史故事x口才分析x實際演繹50種千錘百鍊的說話技巧，讓你輕鬆說服他人、贏得信任、扭轉局勢！以豐富的史料為引，本書精選五十個出自《史記》《春秋》《左傳》《戰國策》《晉書》《新唐書》《宋史》《資治通鑑》的故事，帶領讀者由淺入深，一步步了解與掌握口語傳播學中的語境、態勢、內容、形式、目標、手段、角色、對象與心理。這些見證過歷史興替的縱橫家、謀士、宰相與名將的故事，除了強而有力地證明了口才魅力與說話藝術

最適合在家裡穿的木棉和服，不怕皺的絲綢和服，從小碎花到大膽圖案都有的小紋和服，不論是打掃、做菜，拿著小錢包去住家附近買東西，還是練習茶道、聚餐、看戲，沒有什麼比優雅的日常和服更吸引人了！和服該怎麼穿？影響和服整體外觀的長襦袢怎樣穿得服貼？半襟、帶留、帶締、帶板的功能是什麼？該如何巧妙搭配？太鼓結該怎麼綁？腰帶的結有哪些變化？不論是簡易和服穿法、腰帶綁法、二件式腰帶，還是適合搭配和服的實用提包，從和

【梗出沒注意！】 （前方有很糟糕的梗出現，但我卻沒注意）一年366天，天天都有故事，以幽默筆調大談日本的節日冷知識！◈你知道1月27日為什麼是求婚之日嗎？◈原來2月14日不只是情人節，還是兜襠布之日？◈傳說中的過膝襪之日為什麼訂在11月28日？◈一年之中還有什麼稀奇古怪的紀念日？──快翻開書找找，你的生日又是什麼節日呢？保證本書所寫都是真有其事，絕非憑空杜撰！作者以鄉民梗、宅男梗、萬梗齊發，在胡說

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 第一本以台灣真實經驗為出發點的開店指南！ ＊《精品咖啡不浪漫》作者朱明德第二本力作、咖啡達人蕭督圜對咖啡館經營的真實深入看法 ＊拉花之神周正中的咖啡心路 ＊咖啡沖煮、烘焙的各種技巧深度探討 這本書不是要鼓勵你開店，而是要問你為何開店！ 如您期待並希望開一家成功的咖啡店，必須先自問，你夠熱愛咖啡到可以接受隨之而來的種種不為人知的辛苦嗎？ 這是一本以台灣真實經驗為出發點的開店指南。精品咖啡師朱明德、台灣拉花冠軍周正中以及咖啡達人蕭督圜，以他們十餘年到三十餘年手作咖啡、經營與輔導咖啡店的經驗，直言不諱地告訴你所有咖啡館經營的甘苦與內幕，提供在地經驗與真實感想，告訴您，開店絕對不是一件浪漫的事，從自身的技藝精進是最基礎的事，接下來，客層設定、氛圍經營、風格區隔，以致成本管控、投入時間，都超乎想像！咖啡館的浪漫，只屬於顧客。咖啡人必不可錯過。 咖啡友真心推薦：(以來稿順序排列) 龔于堯﹙茶人，《太初有茶》作者﹚ 許慶武（英業達副總經理） 何志偉（中華精品咖啡交流協會榮譽理事長、立法委員） 張嘉哲（南投縣議員） 杜勇志（Driver台灣咖啡品牌器具製造商） 李珞晴（戲曲藝術家、元和劇子劇團團長） 高志璋（教育部科長） 林凱羚（知名聲優與配音講師） 蔡錫鍊（台灣咖啡農改專家）

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如果沒有你，我沒有機會回到校園坐在大禮堂，看著一個人穿著畢業服，開心迎接未來的模樣，對另一個新環境充滿喜悅與期待。我不會看見自己小時候的樣子，原來如此調皮讓人頭痛，好多小時候的回憶重新拾回，許多從小的不完美與缺點，又如何？大多都是虛驚一場，自己嚇自己。你給我一張回程車票，一張可以欣賞童年風景的車票。你給我的，遠遠超過我給你的。◎父親總是在孩子出生後，才開始學會當爸爸。而單親家庭的小孩成為父親後呢？

在好萊塢擔任食物造型師，真是他媽的累翻了！ 從李安的電影《少年PI的奇幻漂流》開始，她辭掉電視製作的工作，決定勇闖好萊塢，實踐她的食物造型師夢想。 報名語言學校，加入戲稱黑帶學員的廚藝學校，去名流趨之若鶩的熱門餐廳打工、為了尋找電影跟電視製作機會，同時擔任好萊塢名流的私廚，也因此變成所謂「藍領貴族」，在那些豪宅的廚房，和當來自世界各地的工作人員聽著一個個屬於自己的漂流故事。 在最華麗跟最心酸的界線